Superfamily IXODOIDEA Dugès, 1834

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• Ixodes Dugès, A.L. 1834. Recherches sur l'ordre des Acariens. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie 2 2: 18-63 pls 7, 8 [original spelling].

Introduction

In recent years there have been several attempts to compile synonymic lists of the world's species of ticks. There are differences between these lists in the validity of various taxa, both at the species and genus level. The classification used here is based on Horak et al. (2002) with some corrections by Guglielmone et al. (2009), which reviews and attempts to reconcile the other catalogues. Camicas et al. (1998) used a more structured classification involving subgenera and species groups, which has not been adopted here, although their combinations are noted for each species. Guglielmone et al. (2010) presented a list of all valid species names of ticks, but acknowledged that more detailed research in morphological and molecular taxonomy is likely to result in further revisions to the generic classification in both Argasidae and Ixodidae.

General References

Camicas, J.-L., Hervy, J.-P., Adam, F. & Morel, P.C. 1998. Les Tiques du Monde (Acarida, Ixodida). Paris : Orstom 233 pp.

Guglielmone, A.A., Robbins, R.G., Apanaskevich, D.A., Petny, T.N., Estrada-Peña, A. & Horak, I.G. 2009. Comments on controversial tick (Acari: Ixodida) species names and species described or resurrected from 2003 to 2008. Experimental and Applied Acarology 48: 311-327

Guglielmone, A.O., Robbins, R.G., Apanaskevich, D.A., Petney, T.N., Estrada-Peña, A., Horak, I.G., Shao, R. & Barker, S.C. 2010. The Argasidae, Ixodidae and Nuttalliellidae (Acari: Ixodida) of the world: a list of valid species names. Zootaxa 2528: 1-28

Horak, I.G., Camicas, J.-L., & Keirans, J.E. 2002. The Argasidae, Ixodidae and Nuttalliellidae (Acari: Ixodida): a world list of valid tick names. Experimental and Applied Acarology 28: 27-54

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